On Friday evening, Loki started the 2024/25 championship at the home of Győr as the first-round match against FTC has been postponed to December. The technical staff could not count on the injured Erik Kusnyir, Bence Batik, Thor Úlfarsson and Neven Djurasek, while Christian Manrique was suspended because of a previously earned red card. However, among the starting XI were the recovered Jorgo Pellumbi, the summer signing of Loki, Arandjel Stojkovic as well as the 19-year-old Tamás Szűcs.

The match began at a relatively good pace, but only with few well-developed opportunities. Loki strived to play in a tactically disciplined and conscious manner. The dominance of DVSC was clear, however, Győr had the first bigger chance. In the 20^th minute, Krivokapic had a clear-cut chance, but Balázs Megyeri made a brilliant save. Shortly afterwards, János Ferenczi fired a long-range shot wide, and then a water break followed in the middle of the first half.  

Even though our team maintained their dominance for the rest of the first half, Balázs Megyeri had to perform a save in the 35^th minute, when Vera took a shot from 18 meters. The home team had to repair the net after this, resulting in a significant amount of extra time. Our goalkeeper saved another attempt by Krivokapic, so no goals were scored until the break.

The play did not change at the beginning of the second half, Loki had more possession, but Győr was more dangerous. However, after Balázs Dzsudzsák’s corner in the 54^th minute, Ruisz had to save the volley shot of Ruisz. In the 55^th minute, DVSC took the lead: Donát Bárány passed to Brandon Domingues, who deceived the goalkeeper and shot the ball into the top far corner from a sharp angle on the left side (0-1). From that point on, Loki became more dangerous concerning the goal and scored another goal in the 60^th minute. Balázs Dzsudzsák made a nice cross and Donát Bárány headed the ball into the left side of the goal from 7 meters (0-2).

In the last quarter of the match, there were a lot of duels, but our team dominated, however, Dusan Lagator had to make one save from the goal line. Overall, the victory of DVSC was not in danger and after Márk Szécsi’s nice pass, Yacouba Silue converted a one-on-one opportunity, making the success of the team even greater (0-3). Thus, our team started the championship with 3 goals and 3 points.

We will continue next week in Kecskemét.

Reactions of the two managers

Balázs Borbély: We didn’t play badly. In the first half, we managed to do what we’ve planned and we had 3-4 chances. However, this is the difference between the two teams: we didn’t score from 18 shots, while DVSC scored 3 goals from 4 attempts.

Srdjan Blagojevic: I’m happy because it is always good to start the season with a victory, which can give us confidence. I would like to congratulate the players. The 3-0 result may not be realistic considering the play as it was not an easy success. In the second part of the first half, Győr had their own moments, but after the break, we could dominate with our possession. I think that Brandon Domingues’ goal decided the match. The start of the championship is always demanding psychologically, so I can be satisfied with the victory.  

OTP Bank Liga, round 2.

ETO FC Győr-DVSC 0-3 (0-0).

Győr, 5138 spectators. Referee: Bognár T.

Győr: Ruisz – Vera, Bitri, Boldor, Csontos – Anton (Bánáti, 64.), Tóth R. (Lukic, 81.) – Gavric (Diarra, 64.), Skvarka, Bumba – Krivokapic (Farkas B., 46.). Head coach: Borbély Balázs.

DVSC: Megyeri – Stojkovic, Lagator, Pellumbi, Ferenczi – Ojediran, Szűcs T. – Vajda (Szécsi, 71.), Dzsudzsák (Dreskovic, 77.) , Domingues (Shaghoyan, 86.) – Bárány (Silue, 77.). Head coach: Srdjan Blagojevic.

Goal: Domingues (55.), Bárány (60.), Silue (85.).

Yellow card: Lagator (47.).